Ross Gardler has a new post questioning the influence of publishers on UK education policy. From the post:

As a result of the JISCs desire to understand reality, rather than succumb to marketing messages from big companies back in 2003, they have been instrumental in the creation of policies and practices which have started to level the playing field for open source suppliers in our sector.

Lisa Green has a new post on open access support from the Nature Publishing Group. From the post:

Last month, the company announced that an additional 15 of its journals now offer open access options. And this week, the company announced a brand new online open access journal called Scientific Reports. With this launch, a full 80% of NPG academic and society journals and 50% of all journals the company publishes offer open access options to authors

Stian Haklev has a new post about using open educational resources within a multicultural classroom. From the post:

…in the case of University of Toronto, I argued that students should be encouraged to include resources in their mother tongues when doing research for papers (and indeed other languages that they might happen to speak), and the existence of Open Access journals can play an important role here – because not every university can afford to subscribe to databases of foreign journals.

“Trashbird1240″ has a new post questioning the benefits of open access. From the post:

After doing a little research and hearing a few opinions, I will not advocate Open Access for right now, the way I advocate free software. I will tell people “Free Software is better for personal and academic liberty, and creates a society with better values.” I can’t say the same things in support of Open Access.